World's Richest Temple- Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple

Sree padmanabhaswamy temple situated at thiruvanthapuram in kerala, India is the richest temple in the world. To be called as world's richest temple (no official announcement is made yet), the wealth of the temple mounts beyond one lakh crore. The temple has now become the attention of the whole world with its immense richness. Read more about the exciting stories of the unearthed gold treasures in the much old sree padmanabha swamy temple.

History is one the most exciting subject which reveals facts about the life of human past. Knowing the history of different culture and life during the early period will shed light to different amazing facts that we haven't experienced in our present day life. While taking in instance the importance of religion and worship, the part played by the religious institutions will surely make one to know the purpose of each institution which was totally different from what we experience now. The commitment and dedication that people expressed during the past is really significant as we could understand more about the importance of these institutions.

Temples play a vital role in changing the life of people. During the past, temples were not mere a place for worship but a hub of different activities. It served as a place for sharing culture. Various activities had taken place connected with the temples which adds more colours to its vast richness.
Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, one the oldest temples in kerala has now created worldwide attention with the discovery of immense wealth which had been hidden inside the temple left unknown to the public. The excavations made by the 7 member panel appointed by the hon. Supreme Court had found unearthed gold treasures which add glory and fame to the temple.

The valuable belongings which were found from secret chambers of the temple were calculated to be of worth 1 lakh crore. The experience shared by members of the appointed panel reveals that the first sight of these precious items at first made them "speechless". The temple which was opened following a petition moved by advocate T. Sundararajan in the Supreme Court to check the wealth of the temple, shed lights to wonderful discoveries which will be a life long experience to the whole world.
Get to know the list of some of the valuable finding from the temple.

• 17 kg of gold coins(East India Company period)
• Gold in shape of rice trinkets (Weighing one tonne)
• 18 feet long golden necklace weighing 2.5 kg
• Sack full of Diamonds
• Thousands of pieces of antique jewellery studded with diamonds and emeralds
• Golden Vessel
• Golden idol of Mahavishnu worth Rs. 500 Crore
• Antique gold ornaments
• Diamonds and other precious stones
• Golden Crowns
• Golden Bow

And much more yet to be discovered……

The world is waiting for more discoveries as the panel of members has decided to go more of excavations after a discussion to be held on 8th july 2011. So just for wait for few more days, the world is going to experience 'WONDERS'.